Garment and collar combination



Oct. 12, 1948. R. SPECTOR 2,451,364

GARMENT AND COLLAR COMBINATION Filed Oct. 25, 1946 Zhmentor Raw/7jpecfa/t attorneys,

vidual. "comes soiled, the shirt may be "worn for longer Patented Oct.12, 1948 U'NiT-IYED ESTATES il 'C E f GARMENT AND 'COLLARCOMBINATIONRalph Specter, Kansas aCity, vMo.

Application October 25, 1946, Serial N0.'705,'622

This invention re'latesto agar-merit and collar The majority of menspresent-day shirts have -a collar which is permanentlyattached to theneck portion of the shirt.

I It is well known that collars become frayed-morerapidly'and wear out'sooner'than the rest of the shirt 'so that the shirt must be discardedlong before the body portion and sleeves are worn out, involving "aconsiderable expense in replacement of shirts for the indi- Also-byreversing the collar when it'b'eperiods without laundering.

It isa principal'object'of thepresent invention toprovide ashirt havinga neck'band adapted to receive adetacha'ble collar, which collar may beeasily'and quickly attached to and'detached from *the neck band so thatwhen one side becomes soiled, the *colla'r'may'be reversedandthewearerwear for the shirts after the collars have become worn out.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide-a neck band forthe shirt having fastening-devices adapted-to-engage the collar to holdthe-sameon-the neck band; to provide means in the band of the collar forstiffening the ends thereof to provide proper shape of the collar whenit is attached to the neck band of the shirt; to provide a stiffener forthe band of the collar; to provide pockets in the ends of the neck bandof the shirt for receiving the stiffened portion of the band of thecollar; and to provide a device of this character simple and economicalto manufacture.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the present invention I haveprovided improved details of structure, the preferred form of which isillustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a shirt showing the collarattached thereto.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of the neck band of the shirtand showing the collar in disassembled relation thereto and showing thefastening devices.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional View through the neck band of the shirt andcollar shown in assembled relation.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevational view of the 5 Claims. (01. l2'139):2 stiffening means shown inserted in the pocket of -the-neck band, I

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the stiffener for the band of thecollar.

Referring more in -detail to the drawings:

-I designates a shirt embodying the features of my invention comprisinga shoulder :portion 2, peak band 3 and a "detachable collar 4.

The neck band 3 comprises two layers :of fabi ic forming sides 5 and 6having their lower -.1edges -l and 1 turned up forming a hem andengaging "the respective sides of the neck portion 8 which forms anopening in the shoulder portion 2 of theshirt. The =sides 5 and I5 ofthe neck band are stitched "or otherwise suitably secured to the neck-portion 8 and the -endi9 of the neck band provided with the usualbutton I 0 and the opposite end II of the neck band has a buttonhole I 2for fastening the neck 'band of the shirt. The respective edges of thepieces-of fabric andt 'are hemmed andthe ends =9 and -'-I-I of the neckband'are sewed together at a point as indicated bystitching at I3 and 14at the respective ends thereof, the distance between the stitching -I-3and I4 being left-open to form a pocket I5 for "the reception of theband I6 of the collar 4 as will later be described.

Snap fasteners H are provided in the pocket "of the neckband oftheshirt, the male member of the fastener beingsecured to the:side6"an'd"the female part-of the fastener being fastened to the side 5 of theneck band in mating relation to each other.

The band I6 of the collar is provided with openings E8 so arranged thatthey will align with the fastening devices I1 and the shanks I9 of thefasteners will engage in such openings when the collar is attached tothe neck band of the shirt. The collar is made up of double pieces offabric as is the usual practice and the ends of the band I6 extendoutwardly from the collar portion 20 as indicated at 2I and 22 (Fig. 2).The collar is adapted to be turned down over the neck band of the shirtas indicated at 23 (Fig. 3) when the collar is attached to the neck bandas will later be described.

Spaced from the ends 2| and 22 of the band I6 are openings 24 and 25adapted to receive a stiffener 2B for the ends of the band It of thecollar portion. The stiffener may be made of any suitable material, suchas Celluloid, plastic or the like. The openings 24 and 25 are closelyadjacent the outer openings in the band I6 so that when the stiffener isinserted in its place and the band I6 is inserted in the pocket I5 ofthe neck band of the shirt and the fastening devices fastened together,the outer fasteners will retain the stiffening member 26 in place. Thecollar band is stitched as indicated at 21 and 28 so that the ends 2|and 22 will form pockets as indicated at 29 (Fig. 4) for the ends 2| and22 of the collar band l6.

Assembly of the collar and shirt combination as above described is asfollows:

With the fastening devices I"! disassembled the pocket l5 will be openand the band l6 having the stiffening members 26 inserted in the pocketsin the respective ends of the neck band of the shirt provided by thestitching as indicated at 13 and [4, the shanks l9 of the fasteningdevices may be inserted through the openings [8 in the band [6 and thefastening devices fastened together to retain the collar therein. Afterinsertion of the button [0 in the buttonhole l2 of the neck band of theshirt to hold the collar together and turning the collar down asindicated in Fig. 1, the collar and shirt is in wearing position.

.When the outside of the collar becomes soiled,

the collar may be reversed by unbuttoning the button It! and releasingthe snap fasteners, removing the collar band It from the Docket,reversing the collar end-to-end, again inserting it in the pocket asabove described, and turning the collar down over the neck band asillustrated in Fig. 3, so that it is again ready for use.

It will be obvious from the foregoing that I have provided an improvedremovable and reversible collar combination for a shirt having astiffening device in the ends of the collar band adapted to be insertedin pockets in the neck band for holding the collar in the properposition while in use.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with the neck band of a shirt having a pocket, areversible collar having a band adapted to engage in said pocket and acollar portion, said band having portions extending beyond the collarportion, means in said pocket for engaging said collar band forretaining said collar on said shirt, and pockets in the respective endsof the neck band of the shirt for receiving the ends of the collar bandfor supporting said bands.

2. In combination with the neck band of a shirt having a pocket andfastening devices in said pocket, a collar having a band adapted toengage in said neck band pocket and a reversible turneddown portion,said band having its respective ends extending outwardly from theturned-down portion, means in said collar band adapted to engage saidfastening devices in said shirt band for re taining said collar on saidshirt, and stiffening means in the outwardly extending ends of saidcollar band adapted to engage in the respective ends of the neck band ofthe shirt. 4 3. In combination with a neck band of a shirt having apocket, a collar having a band and a reversible turned down portion,said band having its respective ends extending outwardly from the turneddown portion and provided with pockets, stifieners adapted to engage insaid pockets, means in said neck band for retaining the collarbandtherein, and pockets in the respective ends of said neck band forreceiving the stiifeners for retaining the respective ends of the collarband therein.

4. In combination with a neck band of a shirt having a pocket, a collarhaving a band and a reversible turned down portion, said band having itsrespective ends extending outwardly from the turned down portion andprovided with pockets, stifieners adapted to engage in said pockets,means in said neck band for retaining the collar band therein, and meansin the respective ends of said neck band for receiving the ends of thecollar band.

5. In combination with a neck band of a shirt having a pocket, a collarhaving a band and a reversible turned down portion, said band having itsrespective ends extending outwardly from the turned down portion andprovided with pockets, stifieners adapted to engage in said pockets, andmeans in said neck band for retaining the collar band therein, therespective ends of said neck band being stitched to form pockets forreceiving the respective ends of the collar band. I

RALPH SPE'CTOR.

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